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Phil Franz-Warkentin grew up on an acreage in southern Manitoba and has reported on agriculture for over 20 years. Based in Winnipeg, his writing has appeared in publications across Canada and internationally. Phil is a trusted voice on the Prairie radio waves providing daily futures market updates. In his spare time, Phil enjoys playing music and making art.


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Crops, Markets

Net short drops in canola as funds cover positions

Traders expand net longs in soy, corn

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 27, 2023
MarketsFarm — Speculative traders were busy covering short positions in ICE Futures canola during the week ended June 20, taking the net short position in the market to its smallest […] Read more

(Dave Bedard/File photo)
Crops, Markets

AAFC’s June supply/demand estimates mostly unchanged

Corn exports adjusted upward

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 22, 2023
MarketsFarm — Monthly supply/demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada were left mostly unchanged in June, as the department awaits updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada at the end of […] Read more


ICE July 2023 canola with 20-day moving average (yellow line, right scale) and CBOT July 2023 soybean oil (dark green line, left scale). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola market rising into summer

New StatCan acreage estimates out next week

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 22, 2023
MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts have climbed steadily higher since their late-May lows, nearing chart resistance to the upside on the first day of summer. Updated renewable fuel targets […] Read more

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Crops, Markets

ICE canola futures see record daily trade volume

Previous record trading day was in 2014

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 17, 2023
MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market on Friday saw its busiest day ever, with over 90,000 contracts traded during the session, according to preliminary data. Intermonth spreading accounted for […] Read more

Soil cracks around corn plants below knee-high at Manchester Township, about 130 km west of Philadelphia in southern Pennsylvania, on June 6, 2023. (Photo: Paul Kuehnel/USA Today Network via Reuters)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather market for soy, corn

U.S. targets for biofuel blending pending

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 14, 2023
MarketsFarm — With soybean and corn seeding nearing completion across the United States, attention in the futures markets is focused squarely on growing conditions. “We’re in a weather market, so […] Read more


(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Crops, Markets

Fund short position grows in canola

Traders net long in soy, K.C. wheat

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 13, 2023
MarketsFarm — The speculative short position in canola grew to is largest level in nearly three months in early June, as investors covered longs and put on more bearish bets, […] Read more

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Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Hard red spring wheat bids rise

MGEX wheat rally offsets rising loonie

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 12, 2023
MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher during the week ended Thursday, as a rally in Minneapolis spring wheat futures countered the bearish influence of a […] Read more

File photo of a barley seedling. (SusanHSmith/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Market in a waiting game

U.S. corn, available wheat keep market supplied

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 8, 2023
MarketsFarm — The feed grain market in Western Canada is holding relatively steady for the time being as both buyers and sellers wait to get a better handle on new-crop […] Read more


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Fund traders add to bearish bets in canola

Funds also net short in MGEX and CBOT wheat, corn

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 6, 2023
MarketsFarm — Speculative fund traders added to their net short position in canola during the week ended May 30, putting on more bearish bets while also liquidating some previous longs, […] Read more

ICE July 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Hard to know where canola will go

'Could easily make a case either way'

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 1, 2023
MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts fell hard to end the month of May, dropping to levels not seen in more than two years. While the oversold market may be […] Read more

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